syncopated.

Saturday, May 19, 2007

get lonely

shadows on the broad lawn,
canopy of trees.
some time after midnight,
the ground is gonna freeze.
birds in the frosty air,
what are they doing there?
greenhouse full of butcher's broom,
breezes at my back.
some time before the sun comes up,
the earth is gonna crack.
I look down at my hands,
like they were mirrors.

fresh coffee at sunrise,
warm my lips against the cup.
been waiting such a long time now,
my number's finally coming up.
all the neighbors come on out to their front porches,
waving torches.

-"New Monster Avenue"

-Paddy Clarke-
Paddy Clarke-
Has no da.
Ha ha ha!
I didn't listen to them. They were only kids.

Something happened: I started crying. I went to thump him and before I had a fist made I was crying. I hung on to his nose for a while longer, just to be holding him. I didn't know why I was crying; it shocked me. I let go of his nose. I put my arms around him. My hands touched around the back. He stayed hard and closed. I thought my arms would soften him. They'd have to.

I was hugging a statue. I couldn't even smell him because my nose was full of snot and I couldn't get rid of it. I stayed that way because I didn't want to give up. My arms got sore. My crying turned into a hum; no tears. I wondered did Sinbad - Francis - know that I'd been crying? Because of him, mostly.

I couldn't stop myself from crying these days.

I let go of him.

-Francis?

-Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

i jumped in the river and what did I see?
black-eyed angels swimming with me;
a moon full of stars and astral cars.
all the figures i used to see,
all my lovers were there with me,
all my past and futures,
and we all went to heaven in a little row boat.

there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt.

-"Pyramid Song"

Strummed at 9:37 PM (x)

the artist.
colin cheng.
3/4.14, 5/6.6.
acsi (ib).
10/09/1989.
sailor.
concluding@gmail.com

his experiences.
intersch 2004
beijing oep 2006
bordeaux 4.7 worlds 2006
los angeles radial worlds 2006
doha asian games 2006
hobart jan 2007
muse concert jan 2007
holland radial worlds 2007

his aspirations.
weight for laser.
breeze. chase it.
cut down on mistakes.
get to know pple better.
understanding. respect.
a cat.
discipline. control.
contact lenses.

his peers.
acsailing
cai
choong
elaine
han sheng
john loh
xin ling

his inspirations.
65daysofstatic
the arcade fire
christopher o'riley
the cinematic orchestra
damien rice
dream theater
elliott smith
explosions in the sky
hiromi
isis
joe satriani
john petrucci
liquid tension experiment
mogwai
mono
my brightest diamond
oceansize
opeth
peter, paul and mary
radiohead
rodrigo y gabriela
sigur rós
simon & garfunkel
thursday
vienna teng
yo la tengo

his work.
July 2005
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